Testimonials Matter
I despise self-promotion. But, the Nest team make it easier to do so, so I did a four-part series on Instagram with some of my clients' testimonials. This is the part where I say ... if you have a question about the Charlottesville real estate market,…
Three Things I’d Have Done Differently in My Real Estate Career
Three things I would do differently if I were starting my career over? Maintain my client database better. Asked for client reviews/testimonials. And saved them on the blog. Hired an assistant earlier The consistently exemplary and amazing team at Nest Marketing have put together templates…
A Positive Review
I rarely post about myself, but this review on Zillow struck me because it's 1) awesome and 2) so insightful about the real estate process. Sometimes, I do what I do well. Thank you. (read the whole thing) "As a homebuyer you don't *need* to…
Previewing a Bio Video
This is likely to be one of the more consistent videos I'm going to send to clients for the next two years ... Thoughts welcomed. https://youtu.be/1Ws1z-NJVKg
C-Ville’s State of the Charlottesville Real Estate Market
File this under shameless self promotion as well as thanks and gratitude to C-Ville and to my wonderful clients for their interview. C-Ville did a great round up of where the Charlottesville real estate market is right now.
Changing Writing Progams: a Big Little Change
It’s funny how a seemingly small shift can have a big impact. For the past few weeks, I’ve been using Desk and I highly recommend it. I’d used the same blogging platform for nearly 8 years, since my blog looked like this (which wasn’t a bad…
Walking a Mile (in My Shoes) as a Real Estate Agent
"Being a real estate agent is one of the greatest privileges in the world. It requires a diverse skill-set of sales, compassion, empathy, marketing, organization, hustle, wit and patience. It's connected me with people in ways unlike anything I've ever experienced before and is incomparable…
Returning to Local Real Estate Blogging – Writing about Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate
Maybe I have gotten a bit astray, maybe I haven't but re-focusing can't be a bad thing. (transcript after the break) That being said ... I have been writing and sharing at Posterous a fair amount lately. What is Posterous, you ask? Posterous lets you…
A New Direction – Nest Realty Group
First in an ongoing series explaining the why, when, where and whatfor ... Introducing Nest Realty Group. What are we doing differently? Everything and nothing. This is a new direction for me. Since the start of my career as a Realtor, I have always been…
2007 Goals
If I don't write them down, it's almost like I don't make them ... - Relish fear and failure. I have experienced failure several times recently. One of these was in competing for a listing, another agent won (it was for a 35% referral fee,…